Moses Hall

The Philosophy Department is housed in Moses Hall, near the Campanile on the main UC Berkeley campus (map). The building was designed in 1931 by George Kelham, who had earlier designed many San Francisco landmarks, including the old Main Library and the old Federal Reserve. Until the 1960s, the building was named Eshleman Hall and housed student publications, the band, and the chorus. It was renamed in honor of Bernard Moses (1846-1930), U.C.'s first historian and the founder of Berkeley's Political Science Department. The Philosophy Department moved into Moses during the 1970s.